When you look up in the sky, you will see stars at night and probably a few aeroplanes or helicopters flying at a fixed height. This limited use of airspace has been a quest for big tech giants and billionaires to conquer. From the likes of Google and Amazon to Uber, every company wants to own a space in the air and some want to do that through drones.
Amazon wants to use airspace to deliver products faster, Google wants to do the same for local shops, while Uber wants to use the air to propel people from point A to point B. However, there are also startups and companies that want to use drones and the airspace for critical use cases like disaster management or urgent delivery of life-saving medical products.
One such startup is Amsterdam-based Avy, which is reimagining the use of drone service for emergency services. “I have always been very fascinated about everything that flies,” says Patrique Pi Zaman, Founder and CEO of Avy.
Aviation needs to be innovative and not conservative
For Patrique Pi Zaman, the idea of starting a drone service company stems from a childhood fascination for anything and everything that flies. He narrates his childhood story where he used to look up to the sky and see not only aeroplanes flying but also the potential. That passion for aviation was never lost on him but with the passage of time, Zaman further understood the intricacies associated with the aviation industry.